Already I’ve wandered away from the task a little. Strayed from the beaten track, as it were. It happened when I was carving a polystyrene tile to print this tyre pattern:

I didn’t want straight edges along the zig zag pattern, so I cut little triangles off the edge of the polystyrene. Then I had a little pile of polystyrene triangles. As you know, I don’t like to waste anything – so I glued them to a piece of card and covered the whole thing with hand-dyed tissuetex and a bit of Treasure Gold rubbing cream:

And then, naturally, I could kind of see that working in fabric:

This is offcuts of thick wool felt laid on a sturdy linen base, covered with hand-dyed silk organza held down with little stitches and beads, about 4″ square.

Tracks… path… crazy paving… or just plain crazy. I might use this little sample on the front cover of the finished sketchbook. Since this year is all about wandering, I’m not too worried about straying from the path now and again.

I love the 3-step process presented as a whole. I can imagine each of the 3 steps being displayed together, with each element stitched to one background (either paper or fabric). To see the development of an idea through its phases is very appealing to me. I hope sometime in the future, you might consider creating this type of trio for sale 🙂

following paths, both physical and mental, often rewards us with beautiful destinations…and then sometimes the journey itself is the reward…in this post both the journey and the destination are a pleasure…or…maybe the destination is just a pause in the journey…we can hope